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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2013, 20:01:56 »
I love the new machine guns (or whatever they are) - I don't have knowledge about them, no idea if they're accurate or not.. but they look good :love:

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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2013, 20:57:38 »
hmm you're right the handle doesn't really look particularly good with that handle  :eh?: I'm sure I could live with it but, at the same time I think it would be one of those things that would cause me a fair bit of frustration  :)

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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2013, 02:08:16 »
i never thought i would see automatic weapons on playmobil  :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(  . Hans Beck would never approve and Playmobil should have known better. Totally unappropriate and wrong as these angry and evil unshaved etc faces i see on recent playmobil figures  and i say figures because they are truly distant from the original klickies.

sorry but i dont dont approve at all this new breed of playmobil with auto weapons on klicky hands at all. what next tanks, mortars, jet fighters with bombs and grenades ???? sorry it aint right i think
Thank you for sharing your views with us Giorginetto. Thats why Playmobil has the 123 series which does not include anything you have mentioned. Don't we all Love Playmobil!
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2013, 06:17:00 »
Thank you for sharing your views with us Giorginetto. Thats why Playmobil has the 123 series which does not include anything you have mentioned. Don't we all Love Playmobil!

The 123 series is specifically aimed at children aged between 1 and 3 years.  Giorginetto is referring to the policy which Playmobil used to have that there series would not contain figures relating to modern warfare or extreme violence (not the exact words of Hans Beck, but a fair summary of them).
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2013, 06:33:07 »
The 123 series is specifically aimed at children aged between 1 and 3 years.  Giorginetto is referring to the policy which Playmobil used to have that there series would not contain figures relating to modern warfare or extreme violence (not the exact words of Hans Beck, but a fair summary of them).

My exact thoughts. I have been playing with and collecting playmobil since 1978 i think its easy to conclude that Playmobil has taken a complete different theme/accessories  approach in the past 2-3 years i would say. They afre probably aiming at a wider market if you ask me with less ' expectations' by all accounts. What i would refer to as the 'classic' typical  playmobil customer ( not collectors but parents buying an imported and not the cheapest toyline) will think twice i think to buy many of these new sets. These ' new themes' are smaller themes and dont last long- thats again a different marketing strategy by Playmobil which reflects for sure on market trends and new markets as in Asia and their preferences etc
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2013, 06:35:59 »
Thank you for sharing your views with us Giorginetto. Thats why Playmobil has the 123 series which does not include anything you have mentioned. Don't we all Love Playmobil!

i dont follow your argument  as the  playmobil themes/sets   are all aimed to kids and 123 to babies . i will not enter a pointless  debate with a newbie here btw so thanks also for sharing your enlightening view
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2013, 06:39:11 »
i never thought i would see automatic weapons on playmobil  :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(  . Hans Beck would never approve and Playmobil should have known better. Totally unappropriate and wrong as these angry and evil unshaved etc faces i see on recent playmobil figures  and i say figures because they are truly distant from the original klickies.

sorry but i dont dont approve at all this new breed of playmobil with auto weapons on klicky hands at all. what next tanks, mortars, jet fighters with bombs and grenades ???? sorry it aint right i think

I agree wholeheartedly!!!

Lego does not even include guns with their police - only handcuffs.  That is all that is needed. 

If someone wants to make their own custom firearms, that's great - but the company should not make these.  I have never bought a police set because of this nor will I ever buy one nor even recommend one to or for anyone to buy.

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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2013, 08:01:06 »
I do not quite get the difference of having sword, axe, bows and arrows, and cannons as oppose to cowboy revolvers, repeater rifles and the current small fire-arms, rifles and submachine guns?

They are all schedule weapons promoting violence aren't they?

BTW, Lego has the Starwars series and in that series they have laser blasters and photon cannons... Nevermind guns.

I guess its the duty of the parents who teach their children the value of these lethal tools and the dangers of their misuse rather than totally not exposing them at all.

Playmobil not making toys with guns or whatnot isn't gonna make your environment a safer place is it?
Playmobil is a business afterall and as consumers, we have a choice and if you do not agree with some of the themes because of your own believe. I am definitely sure that there are also plenty of wholesome themes.

I personally grew up playing plastic toys soldiers and army men from WWII (who didn't) and my earliest history lessons from my Dad about WWII came from those toys. Isn't it a little unfair to deprive the next generation the same toys and learning experience we had growing up? 

So just because I only started here not too long ago means my argument is automatically pointless and hence void?
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2013, 08:03:44 »
Correction. Make that seven thousand more posts than I do... Hahaha!
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Re: Police SWAT Guns Facepalm...
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2013, 08:09:03 »
I do not quite get the difference of having sword, axe, bows and arrows, and cannons as oppose to cowboy revolvers, repeater rifles and the current small fire-arms, rifles and submachine guns?

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I guess its the duty of the parents who teach their children the value of these lethal tools and the dangers of their misuse rather than totally not exposing them at all.

Agree. Modern soldiers would be gorgeous (well, I've seen gorgeous customs of them :) )